GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

Random words

WordMeaning
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
ancestryline of descent : lineage
helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
resolveto deal with successfully : clear up
culverta transverse drain
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
malfeasancewrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official